Plans to burn rare forest abandoned after man camps in tree for six nights
By Andrew Chounding
The WA government abandons plans to burn a parcel of forest that is home to a species of rare tree after a 70-year-old man spent six nights living in the canopy.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-23/treetop-protester-wins-red-tingle-trees-fight/106171960
#EnvironmentalPolicy #EnvironmentalManagement #Trees #AndrewChounding
Truckies in regional Australia call for public toilet membership
By Andrew Chounding, Andrew Collins, and Atlas Cook
Truck drivers sick of dirty, damaged rest facilities have floated the idea of charging an access fee in regional Australia.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-14/truck-drivers-suggest-paying-to-improve-rest-stops/106130764
#Roads #PublicService #GovernmentFunding #RegionalCommunities #AndrewChounding #AndrewCollins # #AtlasCook
Missing Woogenellup farmer described as 'irreplaceable' by family
By Mark Bennett, Eliza Kavanagh, and Andrew Chounding
Great Southern man Mark Adams went on a short fishing trip on Tuesday afternoon and never returned. His family is devastated by the likely loss of their loved one.
#MarineIncidents #MarkBennett #ElizaKavanagh # #AndrewChounding
P-plater avoids jail for hit-and-run
By Eliza Kavanagh and Andrew Chounding
A 21-year-old woman has been sentenced for being the driver involved in a hit-and-run incident which killed Albany woman Bronwyn Clark in July.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-27/hit-and-run-accused-sentenced/106032134
Conservationists condemn prescribed burn in cockatoo nesting area
By Andrew Chounding
Environmental and conservation experts in Western Australia challenge claims by Environment Minister Matthew Swinbourn that two endangered bird species were not present in a patch of Great Southern bushland set ablaze.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-24/prescribed-burn-lit-in-endangered-cockatoo-habitat/106041070
Environmental and conservation experts in Western Australia challenge claims by Environment Minister Matthew Swinbourn that two endangered bird species were not present in a patch of Great Southern bushland set ablaze.
WA records highest number of measles cases since 1997
By Madigan Landry and Andrew Chounding
Authorities and experts urge people in the state's south to be on alert for measles as the number of community transmission cases continues to climb.
Missing safety sign flagged months before WA fatal crash
By Andrew Chounding
A former road safety assessor says he wrote to authorities about missing signage months before a man in his 40s died on a winding road in southern Western Australia.
#RoadAccidentsandIncidents #RuralandRemoteCommunities #DriverEducation #AndrewChounding
Hail stones and heavy rain wreak havoc for WA farmers and businesses
By Kate Forrester, Andrew Chounding, and Joanna Prendergast
Severe weather has swept through large parts of the Great Southern and Wheatbelt, causing significant damage to crops during the critical harvest period.
#Storms #WeatherWarnings #Hail #AgriculturalCrops #CropHarvesting #GrainGrowing #KateForrester #AndrewChounding # #JoannaPrendergast
More hikers getting stuck on popular trail as social media draws tourists
By Andrew Chounding
About 50,000 people climb Bluff Knoll in WA's Stirling Range each year, and emergency services say they are being called to more rescues as hikers underestimate the challenging track.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-03/bluff-knoll-hiker-rescues-increase-stirling-range/105957436
Poisonous five-headed caterpillar photo wins prestigious award
By Andrew Chounding and Paul Cook
An Albany photographer has won an international wildlife photo award for her image of a five-headed caterpillar that was in her backyard.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-26/five-headed-caterpillar-wins-photo-award/105926608
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